Recent content by merlin032

thanks for the detailed info, appreciated. looks like i might be too late to plant them this year, anyway, gives me time to work out the setup for next time.

Greetings, who has tried wicking beds and how did they work out? What did you do/use? I know they're not ideal for deep-rooted perrenials, but I've seen a couple of posts here reporting good results. I'm tempted to give them a crack because the IBC beds will fit perfectly in the space I have...

yep, the ones I photographed were the prototypes, the missus has "approved" the design with a few revisions (apparently "a shitload" of hops wasn't appropriate for a wedding label, who would have known...)

haha, yes good pickup. Lucky I hadn't printed up 100 of them... :unsure:

dent - I did that a couple of years ago for a house warming - 5 kegs gone in as many hours. We've booked a venue at a winery and the grog was part of the package, alas, it will be commercial beer (it's Coopers Pale Ale & James Boags Premium so not all that bad).

Well, I'm getting married in January, and I decided to brew some beer to give to our guests as a small leaving gift. It was a good exercise as it motivated me to get back into brewing, and I think it's a nice personal touch. I settled on 4 beers, the first 3 are old favourites, the Marzen is an...

In AG brewing you can control the ferment-ability of the wort by varying the mash temperature. In extract/kit brewing you don't have that ability, it's already been mashed - to whatever the manufacturers specifications were. The kit makers know that most people will go from the kit...

With belgians, alcohol tolerance and temperature are very important because you're often dealing with high gravity worts. You have a very fermentable wort - you should get 90%+ attenuation with 30% sugar and a very fermentable mash profile. My guess is it's alcohol tolerance. T-58 is 11.5% --...

ask them if they will deliver to someone's house

yup, thanks for organising, and for the brewski's!

I decided to brew a Marzen as one of the beers I'm going to give to guests at our wedding as a present, the wedding is in 7 and a half weeks and I want to make sure the beer is as optimal as I can make it. I made a bit of a late start, without thinking about the extra lagering / conditioning...

I'm in for some 500ml bottles, I'll also be keen on some 330ml's while I'm at it. I am right around the corner in Heidelberg Heights, and can work from home on Wed if you guys are meeting up there. Do we need to order in advance or just rock up and tell them what you want?

1. PAID Grainer: 1 x Marris Otter, 1x Bohemian Pilsner, 1x Vienna Malt,1 x Munich Malt, 1x Trad Ale 1x Flaked wheat, 1 x Wheat Malt Pale 1x Briess Red Wheat (Cocko split) 1x Briess Midnight Wheat (cocko split), 1 x Simpsons Crystal Medium. (50% Split Northbrew), Cara Hell 50% (Split 50% DARKMAN)...

1. Grainer: 1 x Marris Otter, 1x Bohemian Pilsner, 1x Vienna Malt,1 x Munich Malt, 1x Trad Ale, 1 x Wheat Malt Pale 1x Briess Red Wheat (Cocko split) 1x Briess Midnight Wheat (cocko split), 1 x Simpsons Crystal Medium. (50% Split Northbrew) 2. Cocko: 2x Briess Pale Ale. 3. northbrew: 1x Marris...

HI all, I'm having a crack at brewing an Oktoberfest, as it's a style I enjoy but have never gotten around to brewing, I've been looking at other people's recipes online, there don't seem to be too many rules and a fairly broad degree of differentiation between recipes. A lot of crystal malt...